Batu69 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Mozilla runs an experiment currently in which some of the participating Firefox users see a unified address bar and search bar in the browser. Of all the major browsers available for the Windows operating system, Mozilla Firefox is the only one that is offering an address bar and a search bar to its users by default. Firefox users can customize the browser directly and through the use of add-ons to remove the search bar and use the address bar exclusively for searches and direct access to Internet resources. Mozilla started to work on a unified address bar back in mid-2015. Back then, only prototypes and ideas were provided, and mockups showed how a unified address bar could deliver search and other suggestions at the same time. Firefox unified search experiment So-called Telemetry Experiments are used by Mozilla to test new features or changes in the Firefox web browser. They are time-limited trials basically that are enabled for a select group of Firefox users. This particular experiment is enabled for 10% of all Firefox Beta users and runs until February 24. The experiment is limited to a maximum of 14 days for individual users though, and not all of the users who have been selected to take part in the experiment see the change as some are in the control group instead. Firefox Beta users who have been selected for the experiment will notice a new combined address and search bar in the browser if they are not in the control group. This does not mean that the individual search bar is gone though, as it is still there and can be dragged back to its original location if that is desired. This is done with a click on the main menu button and the selection of customize from the context menu. All that is left to do then is to drag the search bar to its original location again to get it back. Another option is to wait for the experiment to run its course, as things will be reverted to normal afterwards. The unified search bar experiment is being tested right now, but that does not necessarily mean that Mozilla will implement it in the future. It is likely that the telemetry data will play a role in determining whether to go ahead with the implementation for all Firefox users or not. (via Sören Hentzschel) Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 been using omnibar for years now... glad to see mozilla is finally catching up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Better late than never... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I don't think it matters one way or another. It's most desirable feature, imho, is that it frees up space the toolbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsdream Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 it looks good, i hope they will release it to everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Suicide by software. PS "Push notifications" is another new "feature" which is persistent even when close the site you are visiting you open a new page, and is planned to be non opt-out. It also gathers telemetry and user's ID. All the data is stored indefinitely on the cloud. For your "safety". Sad, I really liked Firefox. Looks like Palemoon is the only option ATM, if you value your privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 27 minutes ago, Pequi said: Suicide by software. PS "Push notifications" is another new "feature" which is persistent even when close the site you are visiting you open a new page, and is planned to be non opt-out. It also gathers telemetry and user's ID. All the data is stored indefinitely on the cloud. For your "safety". Sad, I really liked Firefox. Looks like Palemoon is the only option ATM, if you value your privacy. It can be disabled in Firefox 44 http://techdows.com/2015/12/disable-firefox-push-notifications.html This is a temporary fix, to permanently disable or turn off Push notifications feature in Firefox 1.Visit about:config 2. Find the preference dom.webnotifications.enabled and change its value to false. 3. Done. From now on, no website will request you to show notifications in Firefox browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, steven36 said: It can be disabled in Firefox 44 http://techdows.com/2015/12/disable-firefox-push-notifications.html This is a temporary fix, to permanently disable or turn off Push notifications feature in Firefox 1.Visit about:config 2. Find the preference dom.webnotifications.enabled and change its value to false. 3. Done. From now on, no website will request you to show notifications in Firefox browser. According to a Usenet post I read, it resets. I don't use Firefox 44, so can't test. Anyway, I think we are wandering off the topic header. I know, t'was me. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Pequi said: According to a Usenet post I read, it resets. I don't use Firefox 44, so can't test. Anyway, I think we are wandering off the topic header. I know, t'was me. Sorry. Thats how they say to turn it off at wiki.mozilla too Quote What have you changed in the notification UI in Firefox 44? We've added a gear/ellipsis icon that allows you to quickly suppress notifications, disable for site, and open notification manager. We've changed the on screen display time from four seconds on Windows and Linux to 12 seconds. We've fixed the accessibility announcement for screen readers and we're working on freshening up the UI. If you really want to disable the feature entirely you can go to about:config and change the dom.push.enable to false . https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Push_Notifications I dont use Firefox 44 ether but i plan to use Firefox 45 ESR 2016-05-31 when Firefox 38 ESR no longer gets support . https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar Palemoon is a good browser but some addons it dont support because based on a old code . Edit : I tested it on Firefox 44 portable you can even delete the dom.push server string Firefox 44 breaks another one my addons though Clean Quit but i can get around it just using default clean in history though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara33 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 this is good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacm1979 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Well, all in good time as they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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